Speculative Macro Commit for Faster Tool-Using Agents
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Zeyu Liu, Souvik Kundu, Peter A. Beerel
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Zeyu Liu, Souvik Kundu, Peter A. Beerel
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
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A concrete runtime trick for cutting tool-call latency in AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → loops: a fast drafter model speculatively executes action chains that a slower authoritative model then validates and commits in bulk.
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